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Life Update: A Baby, Baseball, and Birthdays
I’ve been pretty quiet over here most of spring and early summer, but finally getting more energy back and ready to get back to writing on here. The main reason I’ve been extra quiet is that early on in spring we found out I was pregnant! It was a rough first trimester and I had…
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Baby Declan’s Surf Themed Baby Shower
It is officially baby month! I can’t believe October is already here. Last weekend we had a wonderful baby shower/“sprinkle” to celebrate our third boy, Declan! I wanted to share some of the photos from the day! My mother-in-law hosted it at her house and it was a perfect surf-themed brunch! We kept it really…
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Thatcher’s First Birthday Party: ONE Happy Camper!
Thatcher is officially one year old! Truly cannot believe how quickly this past year went. I learned a lesson or two from throwing Hudson’s first party, so I kept things simpler for Thatcher’s first birthday celebration, but it turned out to still be a very special and memorable celebration. He had lot of giggles and…
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Things I am Learning 6-Months Postpartum as a Second Time Mom
I wanted to take a little space on here to reflect on the first 6 months with sweet Thatcher. It is amazing that 3 years ago I wrote a post reflecting on the first 6 months of motherhood. The first 6 months with Hudson were entirely different compared to our first months with Thatcher. As…
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How I’m Feeling 8 Weeks Postpartum
Somehow it’s already been 8 weeks since baby Thatcher came into our lives. I wanted to press pause and take a little space on here to reflect on how I’m feeling at this 8 week mark. While I had not yet started this blog when I was 8 weeks postpartum with Hudson, I can tell…
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Our First Week with Baby Thatcher
It is hard to believe we have already had one full week with our sweet boy. In so many ways these past 7 days have gone so much smoother than the first week with Hudson. While of course I am tired, my mind feels so much clearer than it did at the one week mark…
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Final Days Before Welcoming Baby Thatcher
We are just about 5 days (or less) away from meeting our sweet baby boy! And we are so excited, thankful, and ready. I wanted to take the time to write down a few thoughts before this exciting day. I will first admit I struggled with writing a title for this post. It would be…
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Our Baby Sprinkle at the Beach
Last weekend, we celebrated baby Thatcher with a beautiful baby sprinkle at one of our favorite places…the beach! While life is beginning to feel a bit normal, we still wanted to be safe and have a really small outdoor celebration. The pandemic has really changed how we celebrate things, but in this case, having a…
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5 Tips for Planning the First Year Birthday Party
Before I was ever even pregnant, I would dream about being a mom. These dreams always consisted of two things: snacks and parties. I thought about making fun snacks for my kids when they got home from school. I thought about the snacks I would bring after their soccer games for the whole team that…
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New York City with a 1-Year Old
It was around when Hudson was just a little over a month old that Lance and I booked tickets for New York. At this point we were still relatively idealistic when it came to the demands of life with a baby (and maybe we still are), but we felt this longing to take Hudson to…
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